Published author (memoir) "In My Grandfather's House: A Catskill Journal" chronicles her life growing up in Oneonta, New York. Marilou and her husband still reside in the home her grandfather built in 1923. Marilou is also a playwright and a screenwriter. Two of her screenplays have placed highly in contests. One of these, a tale of an angelic intervention "Lisa's Angel" was a finalist in the Screenplay Festival Competition. She is presently at work on a biography with input from Emmy and Tony award winning actor, Hal Holbrook, as well as several paranormal fiction and non-fiction books.